This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hc.2ADE/694.2.2 Message Board Post: The first Houston that I am sure about is Levi Houston b. 15 Apr 1809 in Burke Co. North Carolina which later became Yancey and then Mitchell Co. His children were . 1- John M. Houston b. 15 Sep 1846 2- William Henry Houston b. 08 Dec 1840 3.Frances E. Houston b. 23 Jul 1842 4. Nancy E. Houston b. 1845 5- Miles Murry Houston b.1847 6. Martha J. Houston b.1850